9, EverWind submitted 951 pages separated into 11 separate documents to Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (NSECC) for environmental assessment of phase one of the project,” Joan Baxter reports. Photo contributed by EverWind Credit: EverWind Fuels Premier TIm Houston (right), Trent Vichie (centre), Membertou First Nation Chief Terrance Paul (2nd from left), and other dignitaries at the signing of the MOU with Uniper and E.On. Joan Baxter reads the EverWind Fuels 1000-page environmental assessment, so you don’t have to
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The province argues this mechanism gives the power company no incentive to spend more money trimming trees associated with most power outages or taking proactive measures to harden the grid.Ĭlick here to read “Province asks UARB to reject settlement to hike Nova Scotia Power rates by at least 14%.” If similar storms happen over the next three years, the company will be entitled to recover costs above the threshold. The province rejected a three-year temporary provision that would permit the power company to recover from consumers the annual cost of major storms above a threshold of $10.4 million. Although Fiona wouldn’t qualify because it took place in 2022, its estimated cost to Nova Scotia Power was $48 million.
Henderson writes that the province argues the increase is not in the interest of ratepayers, and then she lays out some of the arguments they are making, including this one, related to storms: “The province is urging the Utility and Review Board (UARB) to reject a settlement that would raise power rates by an average of at least 14% over the next two years,” reports Jennifer Henderson. The smokestacks at Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove Generating Station on Friday, Oct.
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